TENSES

1.    Simple Present Tense

Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan yang berlangsung pada waktu sekarang yang merupakan suatu kebiasaan (habitual action) atau suatu kebenaran yang tidak bisa dipungkiri (general truth) dalam bentuk sederhana.

A.  Habitual action :

·      Dalam kalimat positif

I, you, they, we He, she, it

Verb 1 Verb 1 + s/es

Contoh :

Ø I study hard

Ø You always come here

Ø He speaks english very well

Ø She calls her father

Ø They Play football

·      Dalam kalimat negatif

I, you, they, we He, she, it

Do not Does not

Verb 1 Verb 1

Contoh :

Ø I don’t know the answer

Ø He doesn’t give me money

Ø It doesn’t matter for me

Ø She doesn’t speak english

Ø You don’t understand about that

·      Dalam kalimat tanya

Do Does

I, you, they, we She, he, it

Verb 1 Verb 1

Contoh :

Ø Do you study hard all day ?

Ø Does she love her husband ?

Ø Does my mother come to your house ?

Ø Do you speak english very well ?

Ø Do you understand ?

B.  General truth

Contoh :

Ø The sun rises in the east

Ø The earth revolves around the sun

2.    Simple Past Tense

Digunakan untuk menyatakan perbuatan yang sudah dilakukan pada waktu lampau dan tidak ada hubungannya dengan waktu sekarang dalam bentuk sederhana.

·      Dalam kalimat positif

I, you, they, we, she, he, it

Verb 2

Contoh :

Ø I went to the market yesterday

Ø Last month we played football

Ø He bought computer two days ago

Ø She came to my house last night

Ø They gave me a gift last year

·      Dalam kalimat negatif

I, you, they, we, she, he, it

Did not

Verb 1

Contoh :

Ø I didn’t go to the cinema last night

Ø She didn’t see anything last night

Ø We didn’t come to his party last week

Ø He didn’t help his father

Ø They didn’t stay here

·      Dalam kalimat tanya

Did

I, you, they, we, she, he, it

Verb 1

Contoh :

Ø Did you go to the party last night ?

Ø What did she do last night ?

Ø Did you finish your home work last night ?

Ø Did they play football last week ?

Ø Did he help his father yesterday ?

3.    Simple Future Tense

Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan yang akan dilakukan pada waktu yang akan datang.

·      Dalam kalimat positif

I, you, they, we, she, he, it

Will

Verb 1

Contoh :

Ø I will go to Jakarta next week.

Ø We will meet you tomorrow.

Ø They will come tomorrow.

Ø She will go there tonight.

Ø He will take examination next month.

·      Dalam kalimat negatif

I, you, they, we, she, he, it

Will not

Verb 1

Contoh :

Ø I will not go to Jakarta.

Ø We will not meet you.

Ø They will not come.

Ø She will not go there.

Ø He will not take examination.

·      Dalam kalimat tanya

Will

I, you, they, we, she, he, it

Verb 1

Contoh :

Ø Will you go to Jakarta ?

Ø Will we meet you ?

Ø Will they come ?

Ø Will she go there ?

Ø Will he take examination ?